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FORD, RICHARD:
A Handbook for Travellers in Spain. Part 1. Fifth edition Revised on the Spot.
John Murray London 1878. Maps and plans some folding including large folding Travelling Map of Spain in endpocket. However unfortunately 4 plans are missing i.e. that of Seville The Alhambra Malags & Valencia. That of Zaragosa detached and trimmed on blank inner margin. 8vo 7 x 4 3/4 inches 568-pages with 66-page "Handbook Adveriser" for 1880-81 at end being partly illustrated. Original red cloth ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Contemporary signature on half-title. Very good. John Murray, London, 1878. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19680
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Ford, Richard
Gatherings from Spain Everyman's Library edition
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd Everyman edition. Green cloth boards showing light wear. Gilt spine. Contents clean and sound throughout. Undated; with an introduction by Thomas Okey dated 1906. 370pp. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 199499
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Ford, Richard
Gatherings from Spain (Everyman's Library edition)
Everyman edition. Green cloth boards showing light wear. Gilt spine. Contents clean and sound throughout. Undated; with an introduction by Thomas Okey, dated 1906. 370pp. Used
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Forde, Daryll; Kuper, Hilda; Hughes, AJB.; Van Nelson, J, (Eds.) A. J.
Ethnographic Survey of Africa: Southern Africa: Part IV: The Shona and Ndebele of Southern Rhodesia
London: International African Institute 1955. Softback in acceptable condition. General shelf and handling wear including fading tanning creasing and wear to cover and pageblock. Tanning to pages. Light blemishes and notable water marks to front and rear cover edges and spine cover is worn away at head and foot. Previous owner has pencilled half-title page and occasional margianlia noted throughout. Within pages are securely bound and content is clear and bright. Map at rear has small closed tear to edge otherwise very clean. CN. Paperback. Acceptable. Used. International African Institute Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 545783
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Forder, John and Eliza
Secrets of the Moors and Dales
Kendal: Frank Peters 1992 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. 4to 308 x 242mm. Pp 158 with full colour photographs throughout. Glazed printed paper on boards. Near Fine in near Fine dust-jacket. <br/><br/> Kendal: Frank Peters, 1992 hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 83636 ISBN : 0948511958 9780948511950
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Fordyce William
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Comprising a Condensed Account of its Natural Civil and Ecclesiastical History From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; . its Boundaries Parishes etc. Volume II Part II. 1857
Newcastle: A Fullarton & Co. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Loss to spine. Some foxing. 1857. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. More images available on request. 290mm x 230mm 11" x 9". 366pp plates. 8 b/w plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . A Fullarton & Co hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4715dd
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Fordyce William
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Comprising a Condensed Account of its Natural Civil and Ecclesiastical History From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; . its Boundaries Parishes etc. Volume I Part II. 1857
Newcastle: A Fullarton & Co. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed with loss to spine. Some foxing. 1857. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. More images available on request. 290mm x 230mm 11" x 9". 292pp 62pp plates. 8 plates 1 in colour. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . A Fullarton & Co hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4715db
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Fordyce, William C., Jr.
Beaver and Squaw ; or The Adventures of James MacLeod Fur Trader
<p>Vantage Press Incorporated 1988. Very good hardcover very good dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.</p> Vantage Press, Incorporated hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 231127-MB41 ISBN : 0533076692 9780533076697
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Fordyce, William
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham; Comprising a Condensed Account of its Natural Civil and Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; . its Boundaries Parishes etc. 2 volume set. 1850
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Thomas Fordyce. G: in Good condition. Later rebind. Title page foxed and some foxing within. Repairs to margins of a few pages. 1850. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. More images available on request. 380mm x 230mm 15" x 9". 679pp; 791pp plates. 20 b/w plates. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Thomas Fordyce hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4715ab
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Fordyce, William
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Comprising a Condensed Account of its Natural Civil and Ecclesiastical History From the Earliest Period to the Present Time; . its Boundaries Parishes etc. Volume II Part I. 1857
Newcastle: A Fullarton & Co. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Loss to spine. Some foxing. 1857. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. More images available on request. 290mm x 230mm 11" x 9". 346pp plates. 8 b/w plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . A Fullarton & Co hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4715dc
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Fordyce, William
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham; Comprising a Condensed Account of its Natural Civil and Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; . its Boundaries Parishes etc. Volume I only. 1850
Newcastle: Thomas Fordyce. Worn condition. Disbound with backboard. 1850. First Edition. Disbound. More images available on request. 265mm x 220mm 10" x 9". 679pp plates. 11 plates 1 coloured 3 darkened. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Thomas Fordyce unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 4715ba
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Foreign Travel Division
Motoring Abroad
American Automobile Association. Used - Good. Good condition. automobile travel international travel guidebooks A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs DVDs floppy disks or access codes may not be included. American Automobile Association unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : F28OS-00840
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Foreman, Julie
Illinois : A Guide to Unique Places Off the Beaten Path Ser.
Guilford CT U.S.A.: Guilford CT U.S.A.: Globe Pequot Press The 1998 1998. Paperback. Fine. 209pp. Illus.; index. Paperback. Fine. Guilford, CT, U.S.A.: Globe Pequot Press, The, 1998 Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 047893 ISBN : 0762702656 9780762702657
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Foreman, Travel [Illustrator]; MacKay, Jed [Contributor];
BLACK CAT VOL. 2: ON THE RUN
Marvel Universe 2020-08-31. paperback. Very Good. 6x0x10. Wu Annie; Ruan Dike; Campbell J Scott. Ships M-F. Very good book with light shelf-wear. This is a great reading copy. We protect your purchase with damage-resistant double-layer bubble-wrap packaging where possible. Your purchase helps fund small charities in Ohio Kentucky Indiana. Our delivery standard: order received by 2PM Eastern US time goes out by 4:30 PM M-F. Marvel Universe paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 230707007 ISBN : 1302919210 9781302919214
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Forest Crossen
The Switzerland Trail of America
Boulder: Pruett Press 1978. Second. hardcover. very good/No dustjacket. 4to. pp.422.limited edition number 2196/10000 heavy book additional postage will apply Pruett Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 254287
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Forest Hill Women's Institute
Forest Hill with Shotover: A Portrait, 1983
Paperback in good condition. Closed nick on spine; edges and leading corners are a little worn. A few small marks on page block. Final twenty or so pages are creased at lower corners. All content is clear. Information sheet/map relating to Shotover House Park laid-in. TS Used
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FORESTA Marie-Joseph Marquis de
Lettres sur la Sicile, écrites pendant l'été de 1805 par le Marquis de Foresta
- Chez Pillet Ainé, A Paris 1821, In-8 (13x20cm), xxij (2) 299pp. et (4) 299pp., 2 volumes reliés. - Edition originale. Reliures en pleine basane racinée et glacée. Dos lisses ornés de 2 caissons à la grotesque, d'un fer et de roulettes. Pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, pièces de tomaison en maroquin vert. Coins un peu émoussés. Dos légèrement éclaircis et frottés. Un accroc sur le mors spérieur. Décharge d'encre de certaines pages sur d'autres. Bel exemplaire. Le Marquis de Foresta accomplit son voyage en Sicile à 22 ans. Rédigé sous forme de lettres, le voyage est une description de toutes les richesses culturelles de la Sicile, mais aussi de ses volcans, de ses villes, de l'agriculture, du climat et des moeurs des habitants. Une table analytique des toutes les lettres permet de repérer aisément les sujets. Ce récit de voyage possède la fraîcheur particulière de l'enthousiasme et de la découverte d'un jeune homme. Il est fort bien écrit et puise ses références chez les auteurs de l'Antiquité. La préface relate l'ensemble des écrits qui ont été faits sur la Sicile et souligne l'originalité de celui-ci. C'est seulement au XIXe que la Sicile reçut des voyageurs européens avec le développement du voyage en Orient, le voyage était difficile au début du XIXe avec l'absence d'auberge et de voies de communication. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
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Foreword by Tom Keneally
Face Of Australia
Australia Post Philatelic Group Melbourne 2000. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. 190 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Australia Post Philatelic Group Melbourne 2000. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. Minor creasing to covers. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; ISBN/EAN: 9312650137533. Inventory No: 12102306. 9312650137533 Australia Post Philatelic Group paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 12102306 ISBN : 9312650137530 9312650137
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foreword by Boris Biancheri
THE ITALIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON
Italy: The Italian Embassy 1988. Paperback. Near Fine/very good . 8 x 9 1/2 in. Heavy glossy paper covers. Lavish color and B&W photos. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like new on all points but with gift message on ffep. DJ is VERY GOOD ; slight edge wear very clean and bright. Travel. Stax. Italy: The Italian Embassy paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 9928
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Forman, H.
Through forbidden Tibet
Jarrolds London 1936. 1st edition. V.g./No Jacket. Hard covers Faint stains to t.p. Jarrolds, London hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 41756
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Forman, Justus Miles(Hatherell, W. (illus))
Journeys End
London: Ward Lock & Co Ltd. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover marked. 1909. Reprint. Red hardback cloth cover. 160mm x 110mm 6" x 4". 187pp. . Ward, Lock & Co Ltd hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : r0274c
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Forman, Werner; Burland, Cottie A.
The Travels of Marco Polo
<p>NY: McGraw-Hill. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Small date notation on front free . endpaper and title page page tops foxed jacket rubbed chipped and . price-clipped. 1970. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0070090955 . Red cloth. Black and white illustrations black and white and color photographs. A selection of some of the journal's most gripping sections summaries of others with a background of the history of the period and a narrative of Marco himself. Photographs by Wener Forman. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 178 pages .</p> McGraw-Hill hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 56343 ISBN : 0070090955 9780070090958
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FORMENT, Francina A.M.
DE VELE EN DE KLEINE EILANDEN PAASEILAND
softcover zwart/witte foto-kartonomslag, 165 x 240mm., 212pp., zzeer uitgebreide illustratie in kleur en z/w. Catalogus van voorwerpen uit Polynesie en Micronesie. Boek is in goede staat.
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Forney, John W.
Letters From Europe
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers 1867. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 406 12 pp ads. Brown cloth gilt lettering. Book is in very sound condition except for a one inch strip torn across the head of the spine with loss of some text and a smaller chip below. Corners are mildly rubbed text slightly toned and a very occasional small spot owner's bookplate on front pastedown. <br/> <br/> T.B. Peterson & Brothers hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 003232
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Forney, Matthias N.
Catechism of the Locomotive second Edition Revised and enlarged
The Railroad Gazette 1897. VG hard cover 1897 gilded title on spine and train picture on front cover. Patterned endpapers. 6 fold-out diagrams attached to back endpaper. 3 fold-out diagrams in text. Numerous diagrams within text. 709 pp. . Early American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. The Railroad Gazette Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 240427-D01
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Forrest DW. D. W.
Francis Galton: The Life and Work of a Victorian Genius.
London: Paul Elek 1974. xi 340pp index notes/references appendices bw ills diagrams/tables. Brown cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with very light edge wear. Prev owner name on front free endpaper very light foxing to page edges and prelims. Biography of one of Voctorian Englands great minds-explorer scientist and inventor Francis Galton. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Paul Elek Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 054813 ISBN : 0236154990 9780236154999
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Forrest D. Colburn
My Car in Managua
good. hardcover cover and corner wear no dust jacket note on 2nd page hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : B60617BxxxN8832
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Forrest McWhan
The Falkland Islands To-Day
Stirling Scotland: Stirling Tract Enterprise 1952. hardcover. very good/good. 8vo. pp.88. Some light wear and chipping to dust jacket. Light foxing to some pages. Contains fold-out map at back. Stirling Tract Enterprise hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 321929
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Forrest, A. S
A Tour through old Provence. With 108 Illustrations in half-tone an line drawn by the Author.
Stanley Paul London, o.J. (ca. 1930). 287 S., Goldgeprägter OLeineneinband mit Kopfgoldschnitt , 8°. Zustand: Einband an den Ecken berieben & bestoßen, insgesamt gut.
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 8397
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Forrest, Peter & Sheila.
Tiwi Meet the Future. Ngawurraningimarri -'All Come Together'. Tiwi and the Dutch-Celebrating 300 Years Together.
Australia: Tiwi Land Council 2005. 96pp further reading chronology col ills maps. Pictorial glossy boards. Near new. Commemorates the 300th anniversary of van Delft's landing in the Tiwi Ilsands and celebrates a future based on partnership between those people who first met in 1705. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 4to. Tiwi Land Council Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 054347 ISBN : 0975146513 9780975146514
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Forrester Larry
SKYMEN: HEROES OF 50 YEARS OF FLYING
St Martin's Press 1961 Very Good condition. "Skymen is a collection of personal stories and anecdotes about the backgrounds characters and careers of the world's famous- and infamous- flyers." St Martin's Press hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 007948 ISBN : 0312727828 9780312727826
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Forshee, Jill
BETWEEN THE FOLDS - Stories of Cloth Lives and Travels from Sumba
Honolulu Hawai: University of Hawai'i Press 2001. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. xi 265 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour plates and black and white photographs. The Contents are: Preface: Entering the Field; Fabricscapes; Between the Folds; and Shuttling Between Worlds; followed by an index. University of Hawai'i Press Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 226373 ISBN : 082482346X 9780824823467
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FORSTER Johann Reinhold
The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster 1772-1775. [Complete set.] NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and monochrome plates, facsimiles and maps a number folding) in the text; original series binding of blue cloth, upper boards blocked with sailing vessel in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The previously unpublished journal of the principal naturalist on Cook's second voyage. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Vols., 152, 153, 154, 155; Bridges & Hair, p.292..
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Forster, E. M
Alexandria a History and a Guide
Alexandria: Whitehead Morris Limited 1938. Second Edition. Cloth. Acceptable/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Fading to boards and spine.Rubbing to spine some loss to tail of spine.Spine title a little indistinct in places.218pp. Map present in Good condition at rear.Book now protected by clear removeable wrapper. Whitehead Morris Limited hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 035690
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Forster, E. M.
Alexandria - A History and a Guide
London: Michael Haag 1982. Book. Good. Paperback. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. The whole historical perspective of the city in all its variety has been captured and fixed in a series of short essays brightly starred with all the virtues of this fine artist - Lawrence Durrell. Michael Haag Paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19689 ISBN : 0902743228 9780902743229
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Forster, E. M
The Hill of Devi
NY: Harcourt Brace & Company 1953. Book block clean and tight. Name and address sticker and bookstore sticker inside front cover. Cover rubbed; edges and corners bumped scuffed. Jacket rubbed; price-clipped; edges and corners bumped and scuffed; large tears at edges; small pieces missing. First American Edition. Cloth. Good/Fair in mylar. Illus. by B&W Diagrams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Harcourt Brace & Company Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 08582
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FORSTER, E. M.
PASAJE A LA INDIA - Madrid 1985
Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 1985. Colección Alianza Tres nº 68. 407p. 8º mayor. Rústica editorial ilustrada con solapas. Muy buen ejemplar.
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FORSTER, GEORG.
Geschichte der Reisen, die seit Cook an der Nordwest= und Nordost=Küste von Amerika und in dem nördlichsten Amerika selbst von Meares, Dixon, Portlock, Coxe, Long u.a.m. unternommen worden sind. Aus dem Englischen, mit Zuziehung aller anderweitigen Hü...
Berlin, Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1791. 4to. Bound in 3 uniform contemp. hcalf. Riased bands, gilt spines. Tome-and titlelabels on spine with gilt lettering. Very light wear to spine ends. Slightly rubbed. Small stamps on foot of title-pages. Corners lightly bumped. X,130,302 (8),XXII,(2),314,(2) XVIII,74,380 pp. 4 large folded engraved maps and 27 engraved plates (some folding). Maps with closed tear at inner foldings. Scattered brownspots, mainly marginal. Occassionally some offsetting from plates. A few plates with light foxing and some with brownspots. In general fine, printed on good paper.
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Forster, Honore
THE SOUTH SEA WHALER: An Annotated Bibliography
Sharon MA: Kendall Whaling Museum 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. pp: xv 157. Bound in gray cloth black lettering on spine and cover endpaper maps. 10.25" x 6.75" Contains 893 annotated entries on 19th-century historical literary and artistic material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean. Kendall Whaling Museum hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 040836 ISBN : 0937854220 9780937854228
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FORSTER, HAROLD.
Flowering Lotus. A View of Java.
London, N.Y., Longmans, Green and Co., (1958). Orig. full cloth with dustjacket XIV,281 pp. With plates.
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Forster, William J
The Captain's Story
London No Date: John F Shaw Book. Good . Hardcover. Edition Not Stated. G Shelfwear bumping spine lean fading ink gift inscrption mild foxing browning/NO DUST JACKET. Travel tales. 128 pages with colour frontispiece. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request. John F Shaw Hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 028961
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Forsyth, Joseph
Remarks on Antiquities Arts and Letters During An Excursion in Italy in the Years 1802 and 1803
London: John Murray. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Spine label missing. Upper board cracked at outer spine. Some age toning. Worming defunct on lower corner of first 16 pages with no impact on text. 1816. Second Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. More images available on request. 220mm x 130mm 9" x 5". viii 479pp. . John Murray hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : g9503
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Forsyth, Joseph
Remarks on Antiquities Arts and Letters During an Excursion in Italy in the Years 1802 and 1803
London: John Murray. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover faded and stained. Edge-wear. Outer hinges split with tearing to spine. Previous owner inscription to fep. Sporadic foxing and marking. Inner hinge cracking. 1835. Fourth Edition. Purple hardback cloth cover. More images available on request. 180mm x 120mm 7" x 5". xvi 467pp. B/w frontispiece illustrated half-title. . John Murray hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : e3245
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Fort Wayne Travel Club
The Travel Club 1915-1916 Classic Reprint
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0428938191.G ISBN : 0428938191 9780428938192
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FORTESCUE Winifred
Mountain Madness
London: William Blackwood 1943 inscription to fep otherwise very tidy 176pp plates reminiscences of an alpine mountain holiday in the pre war days. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. William Blackwood hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 002200
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FORTESCUE Winifred
Perfume from Provence. With Drawings by E. H. Shepard. [Eleventh Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Eleventh Impression, with numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, green top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter creased, frayed and chipped at edges. The first volume of Fortescue's delightful sequence of autobiographical memoirs. In the early 1930s, Winifred Fortescue and her husband Sir John Fortescue left England to settle in Provence, in a small house amid olive groves, on the border of Grasse. Almost at once they were bewitched, by the scenery, by their garden - an incredible terraced landscape of vines, wild flowers, roses and lavender - and above all by the charming, infuriating, warm-hearted and wily Provençals. On publication, Perfume From Provence became an instant best-seller and Lady Fortescue's enchanting books proved equally popular to a new generation when they were revived in the 1990s. Compulsive reading for anyone who has ever loved France, and most especially Provence.
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Fortescue, Winifred [Lady Fortescue]
Beauty for Ashes
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons. 1948. Octavo Size approx 15.5 x 22.8cm. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Price clipped dustjacket is age-toned at spine and edges with some interior sticky-tape reinforcement to spine ends. Book is very slightly faded at spine ends and has a time tape mark to upper edge. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 319 pages. The sixth instalment of Lady Fortescue's charming autobiography. This one tells of her experiences in England and France during World War II and immediately after on her return to Provence. Robust professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback. William Blackwood and Sons hardcover
Referenz des Buchhändlers : BIB321994
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Fortis, Umberto
Jews and Synagogues: Venice Florence Rome Leghorn
Storti Guides 1973. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Crease and price sticker on back cover. 67 color plates. 131p. Measures 4.25x8 inches. Guide with informative text and illustrations. Storti Guides paperback
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 33294
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Fortune, R.
Three years’ wanderings in the northern provinces of China
Mildmay Books 1987. Reprit of 1847 edition. V.g./No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. Mildmay Books unknown
Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20130 ISBN : 1869945093 9781869945091
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FORTUNE, Robert
Three Year's Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, a Visit to the Tea, Silk and Cotton Countries with an Account of the Agriculture and Horticulture of the Chinese, New Plants, etc
8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xv, 406, [i], [16 page John Murray's catalogue] pp, tinted frontis, extra title page with vignette of Chinese wedding, 15 other illustrations including map and plates. orig simulated brown leather, decorated in gilt and red, gilt lettering, a. e. g., marbled endpapers, original ribbon bookmark, very fine and clean, with the original publisher's prospectus containing a good historical introduction and a loose bookplate. Fortune was the first plant collector to travel in China after the conclusion of the Opium War, as a botanical collector for the Horticultural Society of London starting in 1843. Travel was not allowed for more than 30 miles past Shanghai, but undaunted "he set off by boat from Shanghai, in Chinese costume complete with shaved head and pigtail" (see Coats p. 101-110 for details), and was the first westerner to reach Soochow and many other parts of China, collecting large numbers of plants and seeds. The book contains two chapters on the cultivation and manufacture of tea with suggestions on the possibilities of developing a tea industry in India, and contains new knowledge about the production and processing of tea. In fact, this book and his later books and plant collecting (as an employee of the East India Company) lead to the Indian tea industry. As a result of the travels described here he found numerous new plants including anemones, chrysanthemums, jasmine, forsythia, honeysuckle, etc. Besides plants and horticulture, the author also describes the people and geography. This was his first book. Cordier p. 2115. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 102. This is a fine production reprinting the scarce first edition, with all the plates and text. A lavishly illustrated and historically accurate photographic reproduction of the original.
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